Francesco, the
Italian (and original) version of the personal name "
Francis
Francis may refer to:
People
*Pope Francis, the head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State and Bishop of Rome
*Francis (given name), including a list of people and fictional characters
*Francis (surname)
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", is the
most common given name among males in
Italy. Notable persons with that name include:
People with the given name Francesco
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Francesco I (disambiguation) Francesco I may refer to:
Persons
* Pope Francis (born 1936, reigned 2013-present), the current Pope, also known in Latin as Franciscus
* Francesco I Ordelaffi (c. 1300 – 1332)
* Francesco I of Lesbos (died 1384)
* Francesco I Crispo (died 1397 ...
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Francesco Barbaro (disambiguation) Francesco Barbaro may refer to:
* Francesco Barbaro (politician) (1390–1454), Italian politician, diplomat and humanist from Venice
* Francesco Barbaro (patriarch of Aquileia) (1546–1616), Venetian diplomat and Italian Catholic bishop
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Francesco Bernardi (disambiguation) Francesco Bernardi may refer to:
*Senesino
Francesco Bernardi (; 31 October 1686 – 27 November 1758), known as Senesino ( or traditionally ), was a celebrated Italian contralto castrato, particularly remembered today for his long collaborat ...
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Francesco di Giorgio Martini (1439-1501), Italian architect, engineer and painter
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Francesco Berni (1497–1536), Italian writer
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Francesco Canova da Milano
Francesco Canova da Milano (Francesco da Milano, also known as ''Il divino'', ''Francesco da Parigi'', etc.) (18 August 1497 – 2 January 1543) was an Italian lutenist and composer. He was born in Monza, near Milan, and worked for the papal cou ...
(1497–1543), Italian lutenist and composer
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Francesco Primaticcio (1504–1570), Italian painter, architect, and sculptor
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Francesco Albani (1578–1660), Italian painter
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Francesco Borromini
Francesco Borromini (, ), byname of Francesco Castelli (; 25 September 1599 – 2 August 1667), was an Italian architect born in the modern Swiss canton of Ticino (1599–1667), Swiss sculptor and architect
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Francesco Cavalli
Francesco Cavalli (born Pietro Francesco Caletti-Bruni; 14 February 1602 – 14 January 1676) was a Republic of Venice, Venetian composer, organist and singer of the early Baroque music, Baroque period. He succeeded his teacher Claudio Monteverd ...
(1602–1676), Italian composer
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Francesco Maria Grimaldi
Francesco Maria Grimaldi, SJ (2 April 1618 – 28 December 1663) was an Italian Jesuit priest, mathematician and physicist who taught at the Jesuit college in Bologna. He was born in Bologna to Paride Grimaldi and Anna Cattani.
Work
Between 1 ...
(1618–1663), Italian mathematician and physicist
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Francesco Bianchini
Francesco Bianchini (13 December 16622 March 1729) was an Italian philosopher and scientist. He worked for the curia of three popes, including being ''camiere d'honore'' of Clement XI, and secretary of the commission for the reform of the cal ...
(1662–1729), Italian philosopher and scientist
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Francesco Galli Bibiena
Francesco Galli, called Francesco da Bibiena (or da Bibbiena), a member of the theatrical Galli da Bibiena family and younger brother of Ferdinando Galli, was born at Bologna in 1659. He first studied under Lorenzo Pasinelli; but he was afterwar ...
(1659–1739), Italian architect and designer
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Francesco Antonio Bonporti
Francesco Antonio Bonporti (11 June 1672 – 19 December 1749) was an Italian priest and amateur composer.
Born in Trento, he was admitted in 1691 to the ''Collegium Germanicum'' in Rome, where he studied theology. While in Rome, he also studied ...
(1672–1749), Italian priest and composer
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Francesco Scipione, marchese di Maffei
Francesco Scipione Maffei (; 1 June 1675 – 11 February 1755) was a Italian writer and art critic, author of many articles and plays. An antiquarian with a humanist education whose publications on Etruscan antiquities stand as incunables o ...
(1675–1755), Italian archaeologist
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Francesco Manfredini
Francesco Onofrio Manfredini (22 June 1684 – 6 October 1762) was an Italian Baroque composer, violinist, and church musician.
He was born at Pistoia to a trombonist. He studied violin with Giuseppe Torelli in Bologna, then a part of the Papal ...
(1684–1762), Italian composer
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Francesco Geminiani
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Francesco Saverio Geminiani (baptised 5 December 1687 – 17 September 1762) was an Italian violinist, composer, and music theorist. BBC Radio 3 once described him as "now largely forgotten, but in his time considered almost a musical god, ...
(1687–1762), Italian violinist and composer
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Francesco Maria Veracini
Francesco Maria Veracini (1 February 1690 – 31 October 1768) was an Italian composer and violinist, perhaps best known for his sets of violin sonatas. As a composer, according to Manfred Bukofzer, "His individual, if not subjective, style has ...
(1690–1768), Italian composer
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Francesco Zuccarelli (1702–1788), Italian painter
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Francesco Zahra
Francesco Vincenzo Zahra ( mt, Franġisk Żahra, 15 December 1710 – 19 August 1773) was a Maltese painter who mainly painted religious works in the Neapolitan Baroque style. His works may be found in many churches around the Maltese Islands, as ...
(1710–1773), Maltese painter
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Francesco Algarotti (1712–1764), Italian philosopher
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Francesco Guardi
Francesco Lazzaro Guardi (; 5 October 1712 – 1 January 1793) was an Italian painter, nobleman, and a member of the Venetian School. He is considered to be among the last practitioners, along with his brothers, of the classic Venetian school of ...
(1712–1793), Italian artist
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Francesco Antonio Zaccaria (1714–1795), Italian theologian and historian
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Francesco Cetti
Francesco Cetti (9 August 1726 – 20 November 1778) was an Italian Jesuit priest, zoologist and mathematician.
Cetti was born in Mannheim in Germany, but his parents were natives of Como. He was educated in Lombardy and at the Jesuit college ...
(1726–1778), Italian Jesuit scientist
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Francesco Hayez (1791–1882), Italian painter
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Francesco Puccinotti
Francesco Puccinotti (8 August 1794 – 8 October 1872Chambers's Encyclopaedia, 1891Volume VIII) was an Italian pathologist.
Puccinotti was born in Urbino and started his career as the main doctor in Recanati but moved on to Macerata where h ...
(1794–1872), Italian pathologist
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Francesco Ticciati
Francesco Ticciati (20 December 1893 – 10 February 1949) was an Italian composer, concert pianist, Piano pedagogy, piano teacher and lecturer.
Life
Born in Rome, he studied at the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, studying piano with Franc ...
(1893–1949), Italian musician
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Francesco Greco
Francesco Achille Greco (9 November 1942 – 1 October 2018), also known as Franco Greco, was an Italian lawyer and politician.
He was elected to the Italian Senate from 1983 to 1994 in the region of Sicily for numerous parties. First he served ...
(1942–2018), Italian lawyer and politician
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Francesco Rosi (1922–2015), Italian film maker
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Francesco Merloni
Francesco Merloni (born 17 September 1925) is an Italian industrialist, engineer and politician who was a member of the Christian Democrats. He served as the minister of public works from 1992 to 1994. He chaired Merloni Termosanitari until 2011 ...
(born 1925), Italian industrialist, academic and politician
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Francesco Ricci Bitti
Francesco Ricci Bitti (born 15 January 1942) is an Italian sports administrator and former tennis player who has presided over the Association of Summer Olympic International Federations (ASOIF) since 2013. Since 2015 he has been honorary life p ...
(born 1942), Italian sports official
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Francesco Beschi
Francesco Beschi is the current bishop of Bergamo.
Life
Francesco Beschi was born to a railroad worker and his wife on 6 August 1951 in Brescia. He grew up in Brescia and joined the seminary of his diocese in his youth.
He became a priest in 1 ...
(born 1951), Italian bishop
* Francesco Moser (born 1951), Italian cyclist
* Franco Serantini (born 1951), Italian anarchist
* Francesco Schettino (born 1960), Italian former ship captain and prisoner
* Francesco da Mosto (born 1961), Italian architect, film maker and television presenter
* Francesco Attolico (born 1963), Italian water polo player
* Francesco Saverio Romano (born 1964), Italian politician and lawyer
* Francesco Bruno (born 1968), Italian sport shooter
* Francesco Lollobrigida (born 1972), Italian lawyer and politician
* Francesco Postiglione (born 1972), Italian swimmer and water polo player
* Francesco Totti (born 1976), Italian football player
* Francesco Bilotto (born 1977), American designer and entertainment expert
* Francesco Cernuto (born 1992), Italian footballer
Characters with the given name
* Francesco Bernoulli, character in the Disney-Pixar animated film ''Cars 2''
See also
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References
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Italian masculine given names
Sammarinese given names